The Hapoel Raanana Post
Squad30 Aug 2027
Saidu Fofanah breaks a bone — 37 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 37 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Hapoel Raanana
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match28 Aug 2027
A hiding for Hapoel Raanana
Beaten 0‑5 by Hapoel Beer Sheva, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match28 Aug 2027
The wait goes on for Hapoel Raanana
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
The dugout30 Aug 2027
Ihab Abu Alshek: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Hapoel Raanana have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Hapoel Raanana
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match28 Aug 2027
Hapoel Raanana cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Transfer targets30 Aug 2027
Beitar Jerusalem tell Hapoel Raanana: Timo Muzie is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market30 Aug 2027
Hapoel Raanana promote Nir Peretz from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nir Peretz has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Dan Weissman steps up from the Hapoel Raanana academy
- Market Almog Refaelov steps up from the Hapoel Raanana academy
- Market Hapoel Raanana promote Dan Hemed from within